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Alt Alt is a unique 16-string zither and sound-design library built for Kontakt. The instrument features 12 strings tuned to the same pitch and 4 tuned to an octave above, played by strumming or hammering steel bars. This creates a grand composite tone with a distinctive, organic sound.

Key features include 3 playing articulations, multiple mic positions, custom FX presets, and an extensive modular FX rack panel with 27 DSP effect modules.

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Ras Munch - Singing Grasslands (Library Only) - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium - Alt Alt
Ras Munch - Singing Grasslands - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium- Alt Alt
Nathan Boler - Secret Dance Society (Library Only) - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium Alt Alt
lashman - Glimmer (Library Only) - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium Alt Alt
Gregory Para - Dark dream (Library Only) - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium Alt Alt
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Chris Cutting - It Appears - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium_ Alt Alt
Brian Brylow - The Tine Of Dorian Grey (Library Only) - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium Alt Alt
Antal Nusselder - Dawn from the East (Libray Only) - Soundiron Hopkin Instrumentarium Alt Alt

Alt Alt is a board zither with 16 strings, 12 of them tuned to the same pitch and 4 tuned to the octave above. The strings are positioned very close together so they aren’t picked separately; the idea is to sound all 16 strings at once to produce a single grand composite tone. The played note is chosen by a row of steel bars just above the strings. To change the effective string lengths, the player presses down on one of the bars, holding it against the strings. There are 36 spring-mounted bars positioned to produce a chromatic scale. The strings sound by strumming with the right hand while pressing the bars with the left, or simply by hammering the bars down.

Predecessors for Alt Alt’s keying mechanism can be found in a variety of instruments around the world, including akkordia, bulbul tarang, and taishogoto, as well as nyckelharpa and hurdy-gurdy. The technique of sounding the strings by hammering down with the bars is reminiscent of the way the strings are activated in clavichords, except that in clavichords only one or two strings are activated. For these samples, the strings were played in three ways: slow strums, fast strums, and hammer down. Alt Alt sounds best when the tuning is slightly imperfect, because that creates the richest chorusing effect. The tone is very distinctive; not really strange or far-out, just unusually organic and full.

We've faithfully sampled every interesting sound we could get out of this zither, with two stereo mic positions: Close mics, and Pickups. Hammer down, fast strums, and slow strums are available in all four layers to easily mix and match. With up to 8x round robin and 6 velocity layers per note, you’ll be swimming in lush timbres in no time. We've also included a wide selection of custom FX presets and plenty of our signature sound-designed ambient content, crafted from the raw acoustic source to give you complete creative freedom.

The interface is rounded-out by our modular FX rack panel, with 27 different DSP effect modules that you can assign in any of 8 available slots, in any order that you wish. You’ll find classic phaser, flanger, delay, distortion, amp and cab simulators, compressors, EQ, rotator and so much more. The Reverb effect includes our favorite convolution reverb impulse responses, including 99 different rooms, halls, chambers and outdoor environments, plus another 40 custom FX impulses to radically transform the sound and open up whole new worlds of musical possibility.

Key Features:

  • Zither Hammer down, slow strum, fast strum articulations: in two mic positions: Close, Pickups
  • Ambient Content: 20 ambient pads and evolving drones created from the source content
  • Kontakt Presets: 21 Powerful Kontakt .nki instrument presets
  • Samples: 4,380 stereo samples in unlocked .WAV format
  • Size: 13.9 GB Installed
  • Compatibility: Made for the full retail version of Kontakt (version 6.2.2+)
The full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.2.2+ is required to use .nki instrument presets included in this library. The free Kontakt "Player" and "Add Library" import process do not support this standard open-format Kontakt library.

 

System Requirements

This library requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.2.2+.

Operating System:

  • Windows: Windows 7 or higher
  • Mac: Mac OSX 10.12 or higher

Hardware:

  • CPU: Dual Core CPU
  • Memory: 2 GB System Ram
  • Storage: SATA or SSD hard drive recommended for this library

This library is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems and has been tested extensively for stability and performance.